Blog archives for the day Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Renegade System – The Secret Tactic That Will Make Your Article A Traffic Magnet!

The Renegade Network Marketer created a powerful blueprint for network marketers to follow in applying attraction marketing principles to their online endeavors with many choosing the article marketing route.

However, the majority are still getting the article construction aspect wrong missing some vital components and in this article, we want to show you how to “nail” an article title for maximum benefit.

While the content is the reason a reader will stop by to read your article the title is the hook that gets them there. Just like a movie trailer can make or break a film’s chances of getting backsides on seats in movie theaters the article title works in the same way with articles.

Constructing The Title

Just like choosing a keyword phrase to base your article around, constructing a compelling headline needs to be well thought out. Remember though, whatever headline you come up with, you better make sure your content reflects what the headline is stating.

Your article title is the window to your article. It’s like window shopping; you pass by a store, stop and look at the display in the window and if you like it, you go inside and check it out.

That’s exactly what your article title is going to do. It’s going to firstly attract the attention of the search engines and secondly, the reader. When you tackle an article from the point of view of being a solutions provider, then your title needs to reflect this.

The Renegade Professional is a training ground for network marketers wanting to learn the principles of attraction marketing in a step-by-step fashion. Article marketing is one of the hot topics covered in detail.

Most visitors online are looking for answers or solutions and they are looking for them fast. If you can catch their attention within your niche in your title then you’ve got “runners on first base.”

Maximizing your article title for maximum benefit in the search engines means giving it a little extra juice. Many network marketers applying article marketing to their attraction marketing process are falling down badly in this area.

How To Make Your Title Attract Attention

Lame titles will produce lame results with the serps and even if someone does come across your article it’s unlikely they will read past the title.

So to maximize your chances of getting noticed by the search engines try using your keyword more than once in the title when possible. Now this is going to be governed a lot by how long your phrase is but we suggest at least one and a half times.

For example, Network Marketing Success – How To Gain Success In Network Marketing.

Can you see what we’ve done here. Network marketing success being our keyword phrase. We mention it first and then again in the follow up even though it’s split up. This will leave no doubt whatsoever what this article is about to the search engines when they go looking for the above search term after it’s typed into the search box.

Remember, you can always fast track your internet network marketing success by visiting Mike Klingler’s Renegade system at Renegade Professional.

Banquet Themes: Tying Together Your Banquet With The Perfect Theme

A banquet is something that has a purpose behind it’s occurring. Regardless of whether you’re planning a reception, school formal, company event, anniversary or retirement party, you are sculpting a unique evening for a unique purpose. Because you want the night to be a success and for your guests to have a great time, tying everything together with a theme is the best way to make the decorations and the presentations all work toward this goal.

Although you are somewhat limited because of your incident, you can still be creative when you create this evening’s theme. To decorate and create the right mood for the evening, seasons help with the good ideas. A December feast connotes a winter or Christmas motif, on the other hand early summer would have you think of an image and decor of vacation or beach.

It’s a good idea to put together a committee of people to brainstorm an appropriate theme for the banquet. For occasions such as prom or a seasonal party, you have a great deal of thematic leverage. You can compose a theme based on colors or ideas related to functions where there is a particular aim to the banquet, events such as a wedding party or a corporate Christmas gathering, that can kindle creative sparks in your committee.

Using the coordinated talents of your bunch is a great thing about a committee imminence. You have the practical minded people on the team who know what you can and cannot get away with thematically and what you can and cannot afford from a budget perspective. And if you have on the same committee the creative people who know how to dream up wonderful banquet themes to make the banquet magical, you can eventually arrive at a theme that’s both fun and exciting and realistic as well.

You can put everyone to work on a banquet theme to concentrate on once you’ve decided to come to terms on a banquet concept, this will help everyone focus. Once you have your theme in mind then subcommittees can coordinate the music, the speakers, the entertainment, the decorations and even the lighting so it all comes together beautifully. If everyone sticks to the plan, your banquet will be recalled by all of the guests as a wonderful experience. Other suggested readings: Banquet Tables

Biggest Firesale – What Is The Hype About?

The Biggest Firesale is a Fire Sale that is organized by WIS Speaker – Vince Tan.

Everyone knows that fire sales are some of the best places to get quality products at a dirt cheap price, and Vince is going to take this benefit to a wild extreme.

You see, the Biggest Firesale is actually the biggest Internet marketing event of 2008 and possibly in the history of Internet marketing as Vince attempts to generate 7 figures worth of sales with zero dollars invested into the launch.

The event basically consists of 100 marketers and thousands of JV partners collaborating together to meet this target. Each of the marketers has contributed valuable products to the Biggest Firesale.

These marketers include Alvin Phang, Ben Shaffer, Bob Bastian, Brett Ingram, Calvin Woon, David Cavanagh, Dee Ferdinand, Doug Champigny, Dr. Mani, Dylan Loh, Edmund Loh, Eric Holmlund, Ewen Chia, Frank Bauer, Glen Hopkins, Gobala Krishnan, Ian Del Carmen, James Brown, Joel Comm, John Delavera, JP Schoeffel, Kevin Riley, Melvin Ng, Michael Rasmussen, Patric Chan, Paulie Sabol, Richard Quek, Simon Leung, Tim brocklehurst, Tom Hua, Vishen Lakhiani, Willie Crawford and many more.

They all came together to contribute some of their top products in this package and it is going to be sold at a dirt cheap price. You will see everything from software to E-books, graphics to scripts… you will find everything under the sun in one package.

The Biggest Fire Sale is also heavily sponsored by a group of marketers as well – like Khai, a product creation expert who has contributed numerous of his own top-notch written content in the form of E-books. Vince has also recruited top copywriter – John Hostler to sponsor the entire copy for the Fire Sale. Graphics and virtual assistant support are not spared as well as these hardworking sponsors work day and night to put the Fire Sale together. Even webhosting is sponsored as well – courtesy of ServInt.net!

The sale will begin on Nov 18, 2008 and it will last around 10 days where the package is at its lowest price. On that day itself, thousands of marketers will also be participating in a slug fest called the Biggest Internet Marketing Challenge which will run concurrently with the Biggest Fire Sale. Many will be competing for the top prize as they battle for supremacy.

The Biggest Fire Sale is going to be a historic event as it shows that even normal, non-gurus can do their best and show the world that boundaries can be broken and the impossible achieved!

Paid Surveys Scams – Why You Should Stay Clear Of Paid Surveys

One of the best ways to earn money online is through surveys. But finding those which are legitimate can be like wading through a pool infested with sharks.

What are we talking about? We’re talking about the issue of paid surveys scams and there no shortage of them. One of the biggest targets for this type of scam are those coming online for the first time. Thousands go on the internet for the first time everyday and many are looking for solutions to money problems.

Scammers will prey on these people and greet them with too goo to be offers of financial wealth for little effort and worse still, achieved within a short space of time. Let’s get one thing straight, there are some great opportunities in the paid survey arena but sometimes the gold gets lost among the hype.

You just need to be aware of what to resist and what to investigate. One of the big giveaways for online paid surveys scams is the offer that you pay for information which will return you a list of opportunities you can then follow up. Don’t fall for it.

How To Pick Paid Surveys Scams

If you’re reading this then make note that there are two solid ways of picking a likely scam as opposed to something more legitimate. Paid survey scams online are usually promoted through hype.

Promises of riches being made completing surveys are too hard to resist at least an initial investigation but do yourself a favor and click away from them. If there was so much money to be made then don’t you think everyone would be doing it.

The truth is, you can make extra money with online paid surveys but not in the sense that you’ll be able to retire on it. The incentives are small compared to other money making opportunities but the pay off usually comes in the effort required to produce an income.

Paid surveys that work only require minimal effort in most cases from participants and in some respects, this is what attracts people in droves to these opportunities. But it is being a little far-fetched when it’s suggested you can make lots of money for little effort and even worse, having to pay for the information being advertised. Much of the information on paid survey sites listings is available free online.

5 Things To Avoid

Remember, you shouldn’t have to pay for anything that promises to pay you. Think back to a 9-5 job – do you need to pay your employer to go and work for them?

So in a nutshell to avoid surveys scams:

- avoid anything that is hyped
- anything promising big money for little effort
- anything which requires you to pay for information
- anything which uses hyped up testimonials to promote their service and
- above all, anything that sounds too good to be true

Still Innovating – Sgi Introduces Vue

Silicon Graphics is best known as a hardware company, with a long and glorious history of technological innovation, crazy products, and powerful graphics. Less well known is the huge amount of software produced by Silicon Graphics. Along with normal fare such as compilers and graphics programs, Silicon Graphics also contribute heavily to Open Source projects.

The companies’ latest software offering, on the other hand, represents a major departure for Silicon Graphics. The VUE suite is a collection of tools that, at it’s core, allows remote visualisation. Using VUE users are able to manipulate complex graphics on devices as simple as PDAs and laptops.

VUE stands for Visual User Experience, and is composed of five separate software components.

FusionVUE combines multiple sources of information, producing an easy to use graphical display. SoftVUE converts any standard platform into part of a visualisation and computing platform. PowerVUE provides powerful realtime visualisation. RemoteVUE allows the remote display of complex graphics. Finally, EventVUE provides a realtime graphical overview of complex situations or events.

It’s clear that the VUE suite has the power to replace many powerful workstations on users’ desks, relying instead on the power of a powerful compute server in a data centre. Playing to many of Silicon Graphics recent strengths, the VUE suite heralds a return to Silicon Graphics groundbreaking lead in computer graphics.

California Housing Market Trends

California real estate sales have been improving faster than the national average. Since September of 2007, national real estate sales figures have been flat, but California home sales have been trending up – up 85 percent as of October 2008.

Over 75 percent of all sub-prime loans in California have reset. This will result in a dip in the number of foreclosures coming on the market 6 months from now. New foreclosure notification laws in California resulted in a drop of Notices of Default in September and October. November will see NOD figures bounce back.

As we head into the second quarter of 2009, we will probably see some stability in the foreclosure market. State and Federal legislation could help stem another round massive foreclosures expected to hit in 2010 & 2011 as Alt-A and Option ARMs begin to reset.

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The percentage of first time buyers in the California housing market has climbed back to 2000/2001 levels (around 36 percent). The increase is directly tied to the housing affordability index in California which has been climbing steadily do to falling home values. California’s housing affordability index has seen a 24 percent improvement over the last year.

FHA financing has exploded in California for first time mortgages. From 2003 to 2007, FHA mortgages in California accounted for less than 5 percent of all California mortgages. This year, FHA mortgages in California will account for abut 18.8 percent of all California mortgages.

Pleasanton MLS Trends

80 percent of all homes being sold in California are selling below list price. Sellers are discounting their homes to get them sold. The median price of a home in Contra Costa county has fallen 20.6 percent over the last year to $701,300 (August 2008).

California home sales which dropped to a low of 353K units in 2007 are expected to hit 395K units in 2008 and 445K units in 2009. An annual increase of 12 percent for 2008 and a projected increase of 12.5 percent for 2009.

The California Association of Realtors’ figures are based on data gathered prior to the September meltdown in the U.S. financial markets, the election results and the job loss figures that continue to mount. None the less, California real estate sales are expected to continue to out perform the national average.

As we head into the second quarter of 2009, we will probably see some stability in the foreclosure market. State and Federal legislation could help stem another round massive foreclosures expected to hit in 2010 & 2011 as Alt-A and Option ARMs begin to reset.

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Queen Of Hearts Costume For Halloween – Awful Truth About The Queen Of Hearts

Have you decided on your Halloween costume yet? The choice is enormous and many will be looking for something a little different from the expected popular themes.

Our tip…consider the Queen Of Hearts costume. Who? Yes, the Queen Of Hearts and if you don’t know who she is, then brush up on your Alice In Wonderland. Let me tell you, she was one mean lady with an ultra self conceited attitude and she wasn’t afraid to display it.

But from a Halloween viewpoint, she is a perfect character to adopt because of her personality and her striking outfit. There is little doubt you will be playing the winning card when you strut into your fancy dress get together wearing the Queen Of Hearts Halloween costume. Just like the way she intimidated her subjects, you could do the same to other guests but just don’t go overboard.

Her famous catch-cry was “off with their heads” and once she made a decision, there was virtually no turning back. But what about the costume?

Queen Of Hearts Halloween Costume

A Queen Of Hearts costume for Halloween will show them all just how much style you have. The queen was by nature very sassy and sexy, so it is the perfect way to celebrate this Halloween! The Queen of Hearts is a pure fashion icon. Dress as the Queen of Hearts this Halloween and have them all eating from your hands! Do whatever you like – you are the queen for the day!

A good Queen of Hearts Halloween costume will resemble the image you have in your mind from reading the Lewis Carroll story and seeing the many film renditions of it.

The traditional costume will be a full length gown with a black skirt. The bodice should have a touch of white and plenty of red piping and hearts to go around. Don’t forget the high lace collar and matching cuffs; you are the queen after all. Excellent accessories include your own pink flamingo mallet, tiara, and a deck of cards.

You’ll be the hit of the party in any breathtaking Queen Of Hearts Halloween costume. You can go the more traditional ball gown route, or if you want a sexy alternative, think about a short skirt, fishnet stockings, and a snugly fitting bodice.

The choice is yours, really. All you need to remember is to clearly shout out, “Off with their heads!” stamp your foot, and have a good time this Halloween.

House Sales Uk Finding The Recession Proof Niches

The property market isn’t all doom and gloom all over. Even in the current recession there are still quite a few of isolated micro markets that aren’t just holding their own; they’re continuing to show steady gains.

It’s interesting to compare these growth areas and to attempt to recognize the common factors that permit these areas to buck the current trend and sustain and even boost their house values even through the current recession. If we can do that, we can perhaps pick out another area with all those attributes and get in ahead of the game.

If we look at House Sales UK nationally, we can see that these recession resistant pockets are spread the length and breadth of the country, and at first sight appear to have very little in common with each other, but a closer inspection confirms that they all have at least 3 of the following attributes:-
1. Excellent Transport Connections to Important Commercial Centres and or Career Opportunities.
2. Quality of Life & Proximity to Amenities & Areas of Outstanding Beauty.
3. Not considered Trendy enough in the boom times to become over-priced.
4. Important Infrastructure, Amenity or Commercial Developments about to come on stream.
5. Excellent Schools.

Cartmel in Cumbria is a typical illustration of this trend. It’s on the southern edge of the English Lake District, just distant enough to be off the beaten track of the majority of tourists, so it remains reachable in the height of the summer. It has excellent train connections to Manchester & its airport, Lancaster with its outstanding boys’ and girls’ grammar schools. By Road, the M6 Motorway is under 20 minutes away. Less than 1 hour journey takes in the High Tech Industrial Areas of West Cumbria, the Lake District Tourist Opportunities and the Commercial & Regional Government Centres at Carlisle & Preston.

Other Areas already spotted include the Cotswolds with its outstanding natural beauty, and proximity to Bristol and the midlands Industrial opportunities. At the same time it’s near enough to London for regular weekend trips. Taunton in Somerset and West Cornwall villages are benefiting from a mini boom because of recently significantly improved road connections cutting down travel times to important commercial centres and even London. The villages of North & West Yorkshire, with their natural beauty and proximities to the excellent schools, commercial, industrial and tourist opportunities of cities such as York, Harrogate, Leeds & Bradford. Two less obvious contenders are Anglesey in North West Wales and Warrington in Cheshire.

It’s definitely a great time to get into these areas where house values have continued to offer realistic and genuine values in good times and in bad. You may not see the colossal spikes in your property value, but you will enjoy steady growth, and, most decisively, when it’s time for you to realise your investment, you’re far less likely to be caught in a price trough.

If you want to get into one of these areas, but need to sell a house first, you could do worse than contact one of those Companies that buy Houses. These cash house buyers do pay 20% under market value, but if you’re present house is likely to fall by something approaching that amount before you are lucky enough to sell, why not bale out now, and get your money into something more stable over the long term?

Competent Guidebook – Flipping Domains For Fast Profits

Ways Of Having Search Engine Friendly Domain Names

When running an online business it is important that the domain name you select for yours is one that the search engines will like. But it also needs to be professional to provide your business with credibility. Also it is important that you know how to have search engine friendly domain names as this will improve your placement within them. Below we offer a number of tips that you may find useful to ensure that the domain name your select is one that is search engine friendly also.

Tip 1 Use a name that represents the keywords of your site as this is important when it comes to optimizing it. By ensuring that you have the right keywords incorporated into your domain name it will impact positively in two ways on your site.

1. Having a domain name like this makes it much easier for visitors to your site to remember. Also the keywords will be ones that they will have used initially when carrying out their search online.

2. It enables your URL to be placed better in the search engines results pages. Also should any other sites wish to link with yours then on their pages of their website where they place your link they will be forced to enter these keywords as they make up your sites URL.

Tip 2 If you can rather than using letters all the time instead replace some of them with numbers instead. For example replace the word “two or to” with “2″ and replace the word “for” with the number “4″. By doing this you are helping to place your URL in a better position within some search engines.

Tip 3 It is crucial tha you select a domain name which is short as the longer ones are going to be difficult for visitors to the sites to remember. You only need to look online to see just how important having a short domain name is to any online business today.

Tip 4 You need to select one of the top level domain names for your online business if you want it to be search engine friendly. These are domain names that end either in dot com or dot net and which people will automatically look for when searching online for a product or service. As well as being easier for people to remember they again provide your business with credibility.

In this article we have offered a few tips on how to have search engine friendly domain names. By selecting domain names that are search engine friendly you are increasing the chances of getting the traffic you desire visiting your site. More traffic means the chances of you making income from your online business.

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